Window construction



Oct. 23, 1928.

H. B. STEIN wINDow CONSTRUCTION Filed Dec. 25, 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet l H. B. STEIN WINDOW CONSTRUCTION Filed Dec. 23, 1927 2 sheets-sheet 2 fifa/22654 Patented Oct. 2,3, 1928.

PATENT OFFICE.

HARRY B. STEIN, F CHIGAGO, ILLINOIS.

WINDOW CONSTRUCTION.

Application led December 23, 1927.. Serial No. 242,114.

My invention relates to window construction, and more particularly to acombmation frame `and sash construction arranged' for mounting the sash slidably, swingably, and reversibly in the frame.

@ne of the main objects'of the invention is to provide means for mounting the window sash so that it may be slid in the window frame and may also be swung in a selected il@ direction from the frame, and urthemore so that the main sash parts may be reversed in the frame in order to make said sash swingable in the opposite direction from said frame. A further object is to provide l5 the sash with side members which include outer and inner portions and said inner portions with the sash pane being swingable in the outer portions in a certain direction, and said side members being reversible in the Aframe to permit mounting of said sash so as to swing in the opposite direction in the frame. Another object is to provide a casing with an automatically rolled screen therein, mounted on the meeting rail of one sash, and spring-pressed means on the frame for clamping means on the edge of said screen to hold the screen unrolled along the other sash, but to permit convenient release of said means on the screen and the consequent automatic .rolling of the screen.

And another object is to provide the frame with means for making a weather-tight it with the sash, and with means for permitting convenient disassembling of the parts to provide ready access to the cables and the -sash weights, etc.

Other objects and advantages are attained with my invention, as will become apparent from the following description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which,

Fig. 1 is an elevational view of a window construction embodying a certain form of this invention;

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view thereof, taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged horizontal sectional view, taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 1; 4

Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view, showing the screen unrolled and releasably held by the spring-pressed means on the frame;

Fig. 5 1s a vertical sectional view, similar to Fig. 2, but having the side and top members of the upper sash reversed, so as to mount said upper sash swingable inward instead of outward; and

.Fig 6 is an. enlarged horizontal sectional vlew, taken on line 6-6 of Fig. 5, showing the reversed positions of said members.

In the drawings I have shown my invention in its preferred form of construction, which is varied to suit the particular requirement, and type and size of building to be equipped. This construction illustrated comprlses a pair of sashes, the upper sash l0 and the lower sash 11, and a window frame 12 which is especially constructed for mounting these sashes therein so that they may both be slid vertically in the usual manner and may also be swung thereinfand these sashes are, arranged with separable parts so that certain parts may be reversed or interchanged on the other parts and a sash may thereby be mounted lin the frame to swing outwardlyfas shown with the upper sash in F 1g. 2, or may be mounted with said certain parts reversed so that it will swing mwardly, as shown with the upper sash in dot-and-dash lines in Fig. 5.

The frame construction 12 is built or anchored into the wall 13 of the building, and comprises side members14 in the form of a box-frame for housing and concealing the cables 15 and the sash weights 16, said members being connected by a bottom member or sill 17 and a top member in the form of a box-header 18 for housing and concealing the cable pulleys, as more fully disclosed in my prior patent for window con-l structiom, No. 1,658,788, granted to me December 27, 1927. These box-frame members 14 are open at the inner side, adjacent the sash, and a channel member 19 is removably mounted over the opening, with screws 20 or the like, thus permitting convenient access to the cables and weights. A partition member 21 is removably mounted with screws 22 on intermediate anges 23 on said channel member; and an angle bar 24 is mounted at each outward part or side of said channel member, so as to rovide between these bars 24 and said 'mem r 21 appair of 4 grooves or slots 25 for receiving meansy on the sides of sashes 10 and 11 to' permit their vertical sliding in the frame.

The sashes contain hollow column-like side members, each side member of sash 10 including an outer channel member 26 and an inner channel member 27 which are substantially L-sha d in cross-section, and the side members o sash 11 including each likewise an -outer channel member 28 and an inner channel member 29, shaped like those of the upper sash 10. These channel members are connected,f as shown in the drawings, so that the shorter flanges of the companion members will clear each other when the sash with the inner members is swung in the outer members. Said outer member 26 has a rib or means 30 thereon for sliding in groove 25, and a lug or eye 31 removably attached to said means 30 for receiving the till end of the cable 15; while outer members 28 are each provided likewise with a rib or means 32 for sliding in the other groove or slot 25 in the frame, and each means 32 has a lug or eye 33 removably attached thereto, with suitable screws, as indicated in the drawings, and is attached to the other cable 15. These lugs are detached and interchanged on the rib meansV when the side members are interchanged or reversed for reversing the swinging of the sash. Each inner member 27 has a rib or flange 34 with a head 35 for receiving the window pane 36 and to allow for placing putty around the edge of the pane; while the inner member 29 likewise has a rib or flange 38 with a head 39 for engaging the pane 40 of the lower sash.

The upper sash 10 comprises an upper rail 41 which connects the side members, being attached to the inner channel members 27 and pivot means 42 is provided between member or rail 41 and the outer channel members 26 to swing said rail with the inner members and the pane within said outer members. A meeting rail 43 is res movably attached with screws 44 to these inner members 26, and has an enlarged slot for receiving the ane 36 adjusted therein andretained by su1table utty.

The sash may thus e mounted to be swung outward, when the members 26, 27, and rail 41, are placed as shown in Figs. 1 to 4; or-the sash may be mounted to be swung inward, as shown in Figs. 5 and 6, by removing the screws 44 and the screws on lugs 31 and turning said members 26, 27, and 41 on the meeting rail 43, so that the longer flange of member 26 is at the outside of the building, as shown in Fig. 6.

This window frame and sash construction is made of metal, and the sashes as well as the frames are installed in the building before the window panes are inserted, the side members of the sashes being arranged as selected, so that the sash may be swung either outwardl from the building as shown with the upper sash in Fi 2 and 3, or ma be swung inward as s own with this sas in Figs. 5 and 6; and then after these metal side members have been selectively ar- .nected by a lower rail including a bottom channel member 45 and an upper channel member 46 having a rib 47 with a head 48 for mounting the window pane 40 thereon. Pivot means 49 is provided between end means 46 on the lower rail and means 50 von the slidable outer channel members 28.

These means 46 and 50 are preferably in the form of plates fastened to members 46 and 28 respectively, and have links 51 between them which are frictionally connected together and to said plates, thus providing fr1ction hinge means to hold the sash in the selected open or closed position. Similar friction hinge means, with friction links 52, is likewise provided for holdinv the upper sash in the selected position. 'lille upper or meeting rail of this lower sash, which connects the side members, 'includes the channel member 53 with its rib 54 and head 55 for enga ing the pane 40, and a top member 56 t ereon with a projecting portion or flange 57 adapted to rest against meeting rail 43 of the upper sash, said ange having hook means 57 thereon for hooking over means on the end of a screen,

when a screen is used in conjunction with this construction.

Means is provided for holding the sashes weather-proof in the frame, and this comprises curved spring strips 58 mounted in channel members 19 so as to either bear against partition means 21 or to engage ribs 30 or 32 on the side members of the sashes, said strips havin beveled ends 58 to be engaged by the ri s on the sashes, to press these strips 58 outward out of the way of these ribs when the sashes are being moved vertically in the frame. strips 60 and 61 are also rovided at the top and at the bottom of the flame, respectively, as best indicated in Fig. 4, thus retaining the sashes weather-tight in the frame when closed. Y

Means is also provided for locking the channel members together against swinging, and on the upper sash this means includes a latch member with a handle 62 and an inner hook or finger 63 mounted in the outer member 26 to hold member 27 against swinging therefrom, and a similar latch member with a handle 62 and a hook of linger 63 thereon mounted in the inner member 27; thus when these sash members are reversed or inverted for swinging the sash in the opposite direction a handle will be operable from the inside of the window, while the handle on the outside of the window is left in the idle osi- Suitable spring tion, as indicated in Fig. 3. A similar ocking latch' 64 with a hook 65 is provided on the lower sash.

Screening means is preferably also provided, and this comprises a casing 66 mounted on the meetin 4 rail 43 and having an automatically rolle screen 67 therein, anda handle 68 may be placed on this casing for sliding the sash in the frame. l A rail 69 is preferably fastened to the free edge of the screen, and 1s engaged by the hook means 57 on the meeting rail of the lower sash while this sash is closed and the screen is rolled; and when the screen is unrolled this rail is clasped by hook means 70 fixed on the frame and hook means 71 slidably held by spring means 72, thus releasably holding the rail and retaining the screen unrolled. A guide roller 73 is also mounted across an intermediate part of the frame, and guide channel means 74 are placed along partition means 21,- for guiding the s'creen and reventing entrance of insects around its e ges.

What I claim asI my invention and desire' to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A window construction comprising frame means, a sash having side members with inner and outer portions, groove and rib means on said frame means and said members for slidably mounting the sash, also to permit reversing said side members in said frame means, means for swinging said inner portions on said outer portions, and means for variously mounting the sash pane on the inner portions, thereby permitting said side members to be reversed in said frame means and the window sash to be swung in the selected direction.

2. A window construction comprising a sash having 'channel bars on its sides and means for slidably mounting the same, and channel bars mounted to `swing in said slidable bars but to slide therewith and to carry the sash pane, the `cooperating channel bars forming a hollow sash frame and the adjacent ano'es of said bars being shortened to permit the swinging of the inner bars and pane within the outer slidable bars.

3. A window construction comprising a frame and a pair of sashes movably mounted therein, one of said sashes having a meeting rail and side members with inner and outer portions reversibly mounted on said meetin rail for reversing them 1n the frame, an means for swinga-bly mounting sald lnner portions in said outer portions and to permit swinging the sash in the selected direction changing of said members, means on the inner portions for mounting the sash pane on either'side thereof, a meeting rail and means for reversibly mounting all of said portions thereon, and means for swingably mounting said inner port-ions with said pane and-meeting rail within the outer portions but to slide therewith in the frame.

5. A window construction .comprising a frame and a sash having side members each of which includes an inner and an outer portion, means on the outer portions for slidably and reversibly mounting them in the frame, a meeting rail and means for mounting the inner portions reversibly thereon, an venel rail on said inner portions opposite said meeting rail, means for pivoting the sash at said end rail within said outer portions, and means on said inner portions for mounting the sash pane at either side thereof, the construction permitting reversing of said side members and mounting of the sash to swing in either one of two opposite directions. from the frame. i

6. A' window construction comprising a frame including channel bars and means thereon to provide vertical grooves, sashes having outer side portions with rib means thereon to slide in said grooves, spring strips on the frame for making the sash mounting weather-proof, and means for swingably mounting the sash in said outer side portions.

7. A window construction comprising frame means to be anchored in the wall and housing the cables and their weights, a channel bar mounted thereon and carrying a partition member and angle means to provide vertical grooves, sashes having rib means slidable in said grooves, and spring strips on said construction to engage. said rib means for making the sash mounting weatherproof in the frame.

In testimony whereof I have name to this specification.

HARRY B. STEIN;

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